 | Samuel Johnson - 1788 - 596 pages
...war," in which there was not the leaft contention or doubt arofe. " I hope indeed we (hall find ftores to " refit us at Gibraltar, and if I have any reinforcement,...though they " have a great advantage in being clean {hips, that go " three feet to our one, and therefore have the choice " how they will engage us, or... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1788 - 586 pages
...war," in which there was not the leaft contention or doubt arofe. " I hope indeed we fhail find ftores to " refit us at Gibraltar, and if I have any reinforcement, " will not lofe a moment's time to leek the enemy ct again, and once more give them battle, though they " have a great advantage in being... | |
 | Robert Beatson - Great Britain - 1790 - 622 pages
...Jhallfind flores to reft us at Gibraltar ; and, if 1 have " ahy reinforcement, luill not Icfe a moment cf time to feek the enemy " again, and once more give...though they have a great *' advantage in being clean Jliips, that go three feet to our one, and " therefore have their choice how they will engage t/s,... | |
 | John Charnock - 1796 - 452 pages
...inftead of " there was") not the leaft contention or doubt arofe. " I hope, indeed, we (hall find ftores to refit us at Gibraltar, and if I have any reinforcement,...though they have a great advantage in being clean "fhipsj, that go three feet to our one, and therefore have the choice how they will engage us, or if... | |
 | Archibald Duncan - 1805 - 418 pages
...refit our ships at Gibraltar, and if I have any re-inforcement, will not lose a moment's time to seek the enemy again, and once more give them battle, though they have a great advantage in being clean ships, that go three feet to our one, and, therefore, have the choice how they will engage us, or whether... | |
 | John Campbell - Admirals - 1814 - 546 pages
...instead of there was) not the least contention " or doubt arose. " /, hope, indeed, we shall find stores to refit us at " Gibraltar, and if I have any reinforcement, will not •'• lose a moment's time to seek the enemy again, and once " more give them baltle, though they... | |
 | Sir William Laird Clowes, Sir Clements Robert Markham, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Herbert Wrigley Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, Leonard George Carr Laughton - Great Britain - 1898 - 668 pages
...nx at Gibraltar; and, if I have any reinforcement, will not lose a moment of time to seek the entmy again, and once more give them battle, though they have a great advantage in being dean ships that go three feet to our one, and therefore h<tre their choice how they will engage us,... | |
 | Philip Chesney Yorke - Great Britain - 1913 - 622 pages
...was [at which Council] not the least contention or doubt arose1. I hope indeed we shall find stores to refit us at Gibraltar and if I have any reinforcement, will not lose a momenfs time to seek the enemy again and once more give them battle, though they have a great... | |
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three feet to our one, and therefore have the choice " how they will engage us, or if they will at all, and... 